Berlin Coquette: Prostitution and the New German Woman, 1890-1933

by Jill Suzanne Smith

Book Overview

During the late nineteenth century the city of Berlin developed such a reputation for lawlessness and sexual licentiousness that it came to be known as the Whore of Babylon. Out of this reputation for debauchery grew an unusually rich discourse around prostitution. In Berlin Coquette, Jill Suzanne Smith shows how this discourse transcended the usual clich?s about prostitutes and actually explored complex visions of alternative moralities or sexual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801478340
• ISBN13: 9780801478345
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Cornell University Press and Cornell Universi
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher